total

B1 Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /ˈtoʊ.tl̩/ UK /ˈtəʊ.tl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #1642

Meanings

1

adj
Complete; absolute; with nothing left out.

The party was a total disaster.
2

noun
The full amount you get when you add everything together.

A total of £145 was raised at the sale.
3

adj
Including the whole of something.

The total number of votes was 3,270.
4

verb
To add up to a particular amount.

The repairs totalled more than a thousand pounds.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · the full amount you get... sum

3 adj · including the whole of... entire

4 verb · to add up to a particular... make

More abject absolute arrant categoric categorical complete consummate decided downright frightful full

Opposites

attenuatedconditionaldepletedhalf-assedhalf-bakedincomplete limitedmitigatednontotalpartial relative reserved

Word family

Forms totaledtotalingtotalledtotallingtotals

Related forms completely damned entire entirety intact successor

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Phrases (4)

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total mess
An unqualified state of confusion or disorder

Adjective + noun
total darkness
a state in which no light is visible

Adjective + noun
total depravity
the Calvinist doctrine that original sin affects every aspect of human nature

Adjective + noun
total recall
the ability to remember an event or information in complete detail

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire”) + -ālis, the former element of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan touto (“community, city-state”), Umbrian 𐌕𐌏𐌕𐌀𐌌 (totam, “tribe”, acc.), Old English þēod (“a nation, people, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). More at English Dutch, English thede.

total Middle English tōtālis la-med

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Numbers & Quantity

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# total

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈtoʊ.tl̩/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtəʊ.tl̩/
**Frequency rank:** 1642

## Meanings
1. Complete; absolute; with nothing left out.
2. The full amount you get when you add everything together.
3. Including the whole of something.
4. To add up to a particular amount.

## Examples
- The party was a total disaster.
- A total of £145 was raised at the sale.
- The total number of votes was 3,270.
- The repairs totalled more than a thousand pounds.

## Synonyms
- abject
- absolute
- arrant
- categoric
- categorical
- complete
- consummate
- decided
- downright
- entire
- frightful
- full

## Antonyms
- attenuated
- conditional
- depleted
- half-assed
- half-baked
- incomplete
- limited
- mitigated
- nontotal
- partial
- relative
- reserved

## Related Forms
- completely
- damned
- entire
- entirety
- intact
- successor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: total
- Root: tōtālis

## Etymology
From Middle English total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire”) + -ālis, the former element of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan touto (“community, city-state”), Umbrian 𐌕𐌏𐌕𐌀𐌌 (totam, “tribe”, acc.), Old English þēod (“a nation, people, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). More at English Dutch, English thede.

## AI Etymology
Total is from Middle English total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire”) + -ālis, the former element of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan touto (“community, city-state”), Umbrian 𐌕𐌏𐌕𐌀𐌌 (totam, “tribe”, acc.), Old English þēod (“a nation, people, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). More at English Dutch, English thede. In present-day use, it can mean complete; absolute; with nothing left out, or the full amount you get when you add everything together.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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